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TIL that only four countries in the world have national anthems with no lyrics.

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Z8v1R TIL that the shamisen, a Japanese stringed instrument, was traditionally made of dog or cat skin
dEdZ TIL that sheep commit mass suicide, the largest recorded instance was in 2005, in Turkey where 1,500 sheep followed each other over the edge of a cliff resulting in 450 deaths and approximately $100,000 in losses to the families who owned the sheeps
DQNmj TIL Rubbing from the Nestorian Stele. Erected in 781, the bilingual Chinese/Syriac text describes the arrival of Christianity from the Eastern Roman Empire in 635, and the early history of Christianity in Tang China
OGoEY TIL since our evolution into modern Homo sapiens 200,000 years ago, there has been about 117 billion members of our species have ever been born on Earth, while you're one of 7.9 billion that exist today.
4XlVJ TIL there are Hallucinogenic fish, including Sarpa salpa known as "the fish that makes dreams" in Arabic.